“More gas” is still an incomplete solution to natural gas scarcity

by Ben Boettger | Aug 26, 2026 | AK LNG, Oil & Gas, Renewable Energy

Three years ago, I wrote that our gas-dependent utilities were looking at the problem of Cook Inlet gas scarcity “with one eye closed” and building solutions with one hand tied behind their back. Their coordinated effort to find new gas supplies...

Legislators need to hear from AK LNG skeptics

by Ben Boettger | Jul 2, 2026 | AK LNG, Alaska State Legislature, Energy & Alaska, Government

In December, as our state legislators looked ahead to 2026, many expected Alaska LNG’s private developer, Glenfarne, to ask them for tax cuts. Glenfarne and its state-owned minority partner, the Alaska Gasline Development Corporation (AGDC), had been negotiating...

Demand That Your Representatives Do Their Job: Protect Alaskans First, Not AK LNG Corporate Profits.

by Bridget Maryott | Jul 1, 2026 | AK LNG, Alaska State Legislature, Energy & Alaska, Government, Oil & Gas

Demand That Your Representatives Slow Down and Do Their Job: Protect Alaskans First, Not Corporate Profits. For 50 years, Alaska has poured nearly $1 billion into failed gas pipeline schemes. Now, state leaders are pushing the same costly mistakes again with the...

Beyond the Pipeline: Alaska LNG’s Hidden Impact on Cook Inlet’s Endangered Belugas

by Ben Boettger | Jun 16, 2026 | AK LNG, Belugas, Energy & Alaska, Oil & Gas

Pundits and politicos have been talking nonstop about Alaska LNG, the proposed 800-mile pipeline from North Slope gas fields to a liquefaction and export terminal in Nikiski. In Juneau, legislative committees have held months of hearings on pricing and revenue models...

New Report Warns Alaska LNG Pipeline Would Threaten Critically Endangered Cook Inlet Beluga Whales and Coastal Communities

by Inletkeeper | Jun 4, 2026 | AK LNG, Belugas, Climate Change, Cook Inlet, Press Releases

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: June 4, 2026 CONTACT: Ben Boettger, (603) 306-1352 New Report Warns Alaska LNG Pipeline Would Threaten Critically Endangered Cook Inlet Beluga Whales and Coastal Communities A new report released today by Earth Insight, in partnership with Cook...

AK LNG: The Cost For You 101

by Ben Boettger | May 18, 2026 | AK LNG, Cook Inlet, Energy & Alaska, Local Economies

Since late March, Alaska LNG has been the subject of almost daily hearings in the House and Senate Resource committees. The proponents — the state-owned Alaska Gasline Development Corporation and the private Glenfarne — have paraded wild timelines and...